What's your latest tech purchase?

Athlonite · Feb 1, 2019

AsRock said:
Well lets face it the newer ones are much lighter, the older one i have here (VSX-56TXI) is around 42lb even the feet on that are solid metal lol the dam transformer is heavier than that whole unit. either way he likely got it though it having what he wants on it. Maybe connecting it to a PC and so forth.

yes connected to PC via optical out on my SB X-Fi Fatality Titanium pcie sound card and as for weight yeah it's about half the older VSX-D457 and slightly smaller footprint aswell but I have to admit a much cleaner and crisper sound too which I like alot

phill said:
If I'm honest I must have had a blonde moment and just completely ignored the text and just looked at the picture lol I'll click on the link and take a look

EDIT - Can't see enough speaker outputs to see compatibility with Atmos.. Looks a decent unit for the price

What is with me missing replies!! Many apologises, well as it's for gaming and such, it'll be massively decent enough for the task I thought the Logitech Z-5500's I had seemed overkill really but that's another level Awesome! What speakers do you have to go with it?

I have a set of Technics from an old stereo I had speakers are really nice and still work perfectly they are these ones

front L/R are 120W RMS and the surrounds / Center are 100W RMS each along with those I have a 180W RMS Sansui powered sub

EarthDog · Feb 1, 2019

OMG.. I remember that Technics thing from the 90s... I wanted it so bad!!! But went with Technics separates instead.

kurosagi01 · Feb 1, 2019

Posted this in my own thread, thought i'll share it here aswell.

DR4G00N · Feb 1, 2019

Got a new cpu and gpu/mobo for my dell n5110.
Upgraded from an i3 2330M & iGPU to an i5 2540M & GT 525M. Still not fast, but older games can be played reasonably well when the gpu is oc'ed to be faster than a GT 550M.

Getting annoying static/pop noises from the audio with this new mobo though.

Seems like a common issue. (Edit: Looks to be caused by newer nVidia drivers)

Kinda glad I didn't go for a quad core since the cooler in this is pretty small, this i5 hit's ~80c in sustained AVX load. The gpu is only in the 60c range when benching.

EarthDog · Feb 1, 2019

3dMark vantage.. now that brings back memories!

DR4G00N · Feb 1, 2019

EarthDog said:
3dMark vantage.. now that brings back memories!

I still run it quite a bit since it's quick to install and the cpu tests are very hard for oc's to pass stable.

Liviu Cojocaru · Feb 1, 2019

A Crucial MX500 1TB m.2 ssd

Readlight · Feb 1, 2019

Athlonite said:
Had to buy a new Amp/Receiver yesterday as the front L/R channels on my old Pioneer VSX-D457 went poo so replaced it with an Pioneer VSX-531 Amp/Receiver so hopefully this one will last as long as my old one did

another dead, do they even now how to protect there ports. Who can repair this stuf

AsRock · Feb 1, 2019

Readlight said:
another dead, do they even now how to protect there ports. Who can repair this stuf

Fixing the left right channels be pretty easy normally ( don't sound like the main transistors failed ). Shit gets more complex when there is HDMI involved.

Athlonite · Feb 2, 2019

EarthDog said:
OMG.. I remember that Technics thing from the 90s... I wanted it so bad!!! But went with Technics separates instead.

Yup bought it 19 yrs ago was a great little system until things started going poo on it like the tape decks not playin and the CD player dying the amp still works fine though and that's in my lounge running 2 wharfdale floor speakers

AsRock said:
Fixing the left right channels be pretty easy normally ( don't sound like the main transistors failed ). Shit gets more complex when there is HDMI involved.

yeah I can do it I just can't be arsed right now as I don't have the time to spend on it

HUSKIE · Feb 2, 2019

Bought this unfinished build. With ryzen 5 1600,MSI b350 am4 Motherboard,ek Cpu block,EK ddc pump and res combo and xspc Radiator.

sam_86314 · Feb 3, 2019

Picked this up at Best Buy for $22...

Also ordered a USB hard drive dock which is turning into my most frustrating Amazon order yet.

I originally ordered it on January 25th, and Amazon said it would arrive on the 27th. Then suddenly, it was running late, so I got a refund. I then reordered it on the 31st, and everything seemed to be going smoothly until today.

~~Both Amazon and USPS say it was delivered, but I checked on my front porch and in my mailbox, and it isn't here.~~

Edit: Turns out they left it at the end of my driveway rather than going the 20 feet to my front door. I wasn't expecting this level of incompetence/laziness.

Speed directly connected to my PC over SATA 3

MIRTAZAPINE · Feb 3, 2019

I got these two memory card on a discount. I think I somehow made a mistake purchasing the 512GB although it was highly discounted with free shipping and coupon code for the new year, the price per GB ratio is not as good as the 256GB. I was too tempted cannot pass up the deal and wanted the 512GB for my new phone so I don't have to worry about space after formatting as internal storage. Once I load this 512GB into my phone there is more storage on my phone than my deskstop sandisk ssd boot drive lmao. Holding this tiny card barely the size of fingernail feels like holding some space age tech. Currently the 512GB is the biggest micro sd card as of now as I type this, I thought the sandisk 400GB was big enough.

jaw shwaa · Feb 3, 2019

Just got these in the mail.the 6700k is from silicone lottery, it's been dellided and binned. Not a bad upgrade from an fx 8350 platform

remixedcat · Feb 4, 2019

sam_86314 · Feb 4, 2019

Coming soon (thanks to tax returns)...

phill · Feb 4, 2019

Finally got my hands on one of these again...

The one on the left is a donor really.. Not sure that works at all, but the one on the right, I'll have to do some testing to find out but that works

With all the accessories so happy chappy. Not selling this one..... lol

Jetster · Feb 5, 2019

Platinum SFX power supply ...Cute

Fully modular

Dinnercore · Feb 5, 2019

It was about time I got one.

Jetster · Feb 5, 2019

That's cool but $$$$

sam_86314 · Feb 6, 2019

First piece of the puzzle managed to survive shipping!

Upgrading from a 2600K to a 2600X

Rest of the upgrade arrives tomorrow.

Liviu Cojocaru · Feb 6, 2019

Bought a Polk Command soundbar, verry happy with the purchase. Great sound and build quality

sam_86314 · Feb 7, 2019

Rest of the components survived shipping! But will they survive me?

It posts!

This upgrade was much more stressful that I anticipated (I've never worked with this many brand new components before). I ended up bending the shit out of the pins in the USB3 header by the SATA ports due to the weird angle I was working at. Fortunately the board has another, so I made sure the pins weren't touching. I'll probably repair it later.

I'll install the R1 eventually. Just wanted to get this thing together and usable. One minor annoyance was how my 525GB Crucial SSD kept BSODing when I tried to boot to it. Not a big deal since I was planning on making an SSD upgrade anyway. Currently have a temporary setup on my PNY drive until I can get an NVMe drive for this.

I'm excited to finally get to use this thing!
Geekbench 4

Stock speed with the stock cooler and it already beats my OCed 2600K!
Cinebench R15

Precision boost and XFR are pretty cool. Already seen this thing boost up to 4.4GHz and even 4.7GHz briefly.

Athlonite · Feb 7, 2019

nice build and great perf just one concern I wouldn't leave that PCIe power plug there if I were you it'll drag the end of the card down better to bring it out the same tray hole as the 24pin power cable

Shou Miko · Feb 7, 2019

Friday last week I made the switch back to Android after using iPhone I had both the 6 Plus and the 7 Plus.

I wanted to try android again and to be sure that I would receive updates and find a design I liked.
My first thought was Oppo K1 or Find X but then I opted for something more local.

The OnePlus 6T 128GB/8GB in Thunder Purple it looks awesome and OnePlus' original ebony cover:

The battery life really surprised me, I can get 25 hours of battery time with 10 hours and 39 mins of screen on time

This amazed me here then any of my iPhone's I had only thing is WhatsApp on iOS only supports backup up iCloud and Apple won't allow iCloud on android so it was a bit worried but I got my text transferred and OnePlus switch handled the rest for me so right now I am still super happy with this phone.

System Name	Cumquat 2021
Processor	AMD RyZen R7 7800X3D
Motherboard	Asus Strix X670E - E Gaming WIFI
Cooling	Deep Cool LT720 + CM MasterGel Pro TP + Lian Li Uni Fan V2
Memory	32GB GSkill Trident Z5 Neo 6000
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Nitro+ OC RX6800 16GB DDR6 2270Cclk / 2010Mclk
Storage	1x Adata SX8200PRO NVMe 1TB gen3 x4 1X Samsung 980 Pro NVMe Gen 4 x4 1TB, 12TB of HDD Storage
Display(s)	AOC 24G2 IPS 144Hz FreeSync Premium 1920x1080p
Case	Lian Li O11D XL ROG edition
Audio Device(s)	RX6800 via HDMI + Pioneer VSX-531 amp Technics 100W 5.1 Speaker set
Power Supply	EVGA 1000W G5 Gold
Mouse	Logitech G502 Proteus Core Wired
Keyboard	Logitech G915 Wireless
Software	Windows 11 X64 PRO (build 23H2)
Benchmark Scores	it sucks even more less now ;)

System Name	Ultraman
Processor	Intel core i9 13900HK
Motherboard	Alienware/Dell inverted motherboard
Cooling	Alienware/Dell cooling solution + IETS GT500 cooling pad
Memory	Alienware/Dell 32GB 6000mhz DDR5
Video Card(s)	Nvidia RTX4080 12GB
Storage	1TB Dell supplied NVME + Samsung Evo 1TB NVME
Display(s)	AOC Gaming CU34G3S/BK
Case	Alienware X16
Audio Device(s)	onboard/Speakers: Logitech G560
Power Supply	Alienware/Dell battery + 330W charger
Mouse	Microsoft Pro Intellimouse - White
Keyboard	Ducky One2 SF White MX cherry Red
Software	Windows 11

System Name	The Banshee
Processor	Ryzen 5 5600 @ 4.45GHz
Motherboard	AsRock X370 Taichi
Cooling	CM Hyper 212 Plus
Memory	16GB 2x8 G.Skill Trident Z 3600 CL16 1.35V
Video Card(s)	RTX 3060M 6GB @ 1750-2000MHz Core / 1875MHz Mem
Storage	1TB Kingston NV2 & 1TB Mass Storage HDD
Display(s)	LG 25UM57-P @ 75Hz OC
Case	Fractal Design Arc XL
Audio Device(s)	ATH-M20x
Power Supply	Evga SuperNova 1300 G2
Mouse	Evga Torq X3
Keyboard	Thermaltake Challenger
Software	Win 10 Pro 64-Bit

System Name	The Banshee
Processor	Ryzen 5 5600 @ 4.45GHz
Motherboard	AsRock X370 Taichi
Cooling	CM Hyper 212 Plus
Memory	16GB 2x8 G.Skill Trident Z 3600 CL16 1.35V
Video Card(s)	RTX 3060M 6GB @ 1750-2000MHz Core / 1875MHz Mem
Storage	1TB Kingston NV2 & 1TB Mass Storage HDD
Display(s)	LG 25UM57-P @ 75Hz OC
Case	Fractal Design Arc XL
Audio Device(s)	ATH-M20x
Power Supply	Evga SuperNova 1300 G2
Mouse	Evga Torq X3
Keyboard	Thermaltake Challenger
Software	Win 10 Pro 64-Bit

System Name	El Calpulator
Processor	AMD Ryzen R7 7800X3D
Motherboard	ASRock X670E Pro RS
Cooling	ArcticCooling Freezer 3 360ARGB AIO
Memory	32GB Corsair Vengance 6000Mhz C30
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 4080 Gaming Trio X @ 2925 / 23500 mhz
Storage	5TB nvme SSD + Synology DS115j NAS with 4TB HDD
Display(s)	Samsung G8 34" QD-OLED + Samsung 28" 4K 60hz UR550
Case	Montech King 95 PRO Blue
Audio Device(s)	SB X4+Logitech Z623 2.1+Astro A50 Wireless
Power Supply	be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1000W ATX 3.0 80+ Gold
Mouse	Logitech G502X Plus LightSpeed Hero Wireless plus Logitech G POWERPLAY Wireless Charging Mouse Pad
Keyboard	Logitech G915 LightSpeed Wireless
Software	Win 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	Just enough

What's your latest tech purchase?

Athlonite

EarthDog

kurosagi01

DR4G00N

EarthDog

DR4G00N

Liviu Cojocaru

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Readlight

AsRock

TPU addict

Athlonite

HUSKIE

sam_86314

MIRTAZAPINE

jaw shwaa

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remixedcat

sam_86314

phill

Moderator

Jetster

Dinnercore

Jetster

sam_86314

Liviu Cojocaru

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sam_86314

Athlonite

Shou Miko

System Name	Fujitsu Siemens, HP Workstation
Processor	Athlon x2 5000+ 3.1GHz, i5 2400
Motherboard	Asus
Memory	4GB Samsung
Video Card(s)	rx 460 4gb
Storage	750 Evo 250 +2tb
Display(s)	Asus 1680x1050 4K HDR
Audio Device(s)	Pioneer
Power Supply	430W
Mouse	Acme
Keyboard	Trust

Processor	AMD 3900X \ AMD 7700X
Motherboard	ASRock AM4 X570 Pro 4 \ ASUS X670Xe TUF
Cooling	D15
Memory	Patriot 2x16GB PVS432G320C6K \ G.Skill Flare X5 F5-6000J3238F 2x16GB
Video Card(s)	eVga GTX1060 SSC \ XFX RX 6950XT RX-695XATBD9
Storage	Sammy 860, MX500, Sabrent Rocket 4 Sammy Evo 980 \ 1xSabrent Rocket 4+, Sammy 2x990 Pro
Display(s)	Samsung 1080P \ LG 43UN700
Case	Fractal Design Pop Air 2x140mm fans from Torrent \ Fractal Design Torrent 2 SilverStone FHP141x2
Audio Device(s)	Yamaha RX-V677 \ Yamaha CX-830+Yamaha MX-630 Infinity RS4000\Paradigm P Studio 20, Blue Yeti
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime TX-750 \ Corsair RM1000X Shift
Mouse	Steelseries Sensei wireless \ Steelseries Sensei wireless
Keyboard	Logitech K120 \ Wooting Two HE
Benchmark Scores	Meh benchmarks.

System Name	Space Heater MKIV
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Motherboard	ASRock B550 Taichi
Cooling	Noctua NH-U14S, 3x Noctua NF-A14s
Memory	2x32GB Teamgroup T-Force Vulcan Z DDR4-3600 C18 1.35V
Video Card(s)	PowerColor RX 6800 XT Red Devil (2150MHz, 240W PL)
Storage	2TB WD SN850X, 4x1TB Crucial MX500 (striped array), LG WH16NS40 BD-RE
Display(s)	Dell S3422DWG (34" 3440x1440 144Hz)
Case	Phanteks Enthoo Pro M
Audio Device(s)	Edifier R1700BT, Samson SR850
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x, CyberPower CST135XLU
Mouse	Logitech MX Master 3
Keyboard	Glorious GMMK 2 96%
Software	Windows 10 LTSC 2021, Linux Mint

System Name	Fat NCASE
Processor	Ryzen R9 3900X
Motherboard	ASUS TUF GAMING B550M ZAKU (WIFI) Edition
Cooling	Scythe Fuma with 3 SCYTHE Wondersnail 2400RPM + Arctic MX2
Memory	Corsair Vengeance 128GB @3200Mhz Cl16 (32GB X 4)
Video Card(s)	Palit RTX 3060 StormX ITX 12GB
Storage	MX500 4TB SATA + Toshiba MG08 16TB HDD
Display(s)	LG 27UL500 4K monitor
Case	Jonsbo W2 black
Audio Device(s)	Onboard realtek 1200 & Soundblaster G3 usb
Power Supply	ASUS ROG STRIX 850W Gundam Edition
Mouse	Elecom wireless mouse :)
Keyboard	RK100 Royal Kludge
Software	Windows 10 HOME
Benchmark Scores	Don't know any benchmark. It runs good enough for me.

System Name	Madness
Processor	6700k delidded 5.0ghz from silicone lottery
Motherboard	Msi z270 m5
Cooling	xspc cpu block , ek pump/res , alphacool 360 rad , ek fc x2 , monsoon fittings
Memory	corsair dominator platinum16gb with light bar kit
Video Card(s)	Msi 1070 seahawk x2
Storage	adata sp550 256gb , seagate 1tb
Display(s)	hp 24' monitors x3
Case	Phanteks enthoo evolve tempered glass
Audio Device(s)	Samsung 5.1 surround system
Power Supply	xfx 1250w pro series , custom cables
Mouse	Logitech g403
Keyboard	Logitech g11 ,painted white and black

System Name	RemixedBeast-NX
Processor	Intel Xeon E5-2690 @ 2.9Ghz (8C/16T)
Motherboard	Dell Inc. 08HPGT (CPU 1)
Cooling	Dell Standard
Memory	24GB ECC
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Nvidia RTX2060 6GB
Storage	2TB Samsung 860 EVO SSD//2TB WD Black HDD
Display(s)	Samsung SyncMaster P2350 23in @ 1920x1080 + Dell E2013H 20 in @1600x900
Case	Dell Precision T3600 Chassis
Audio Device(s)	Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro 80 // Fiio E7 Amp/DAC
Power Supply	630w Dell T3600 PSU
Mouse	Logitech G700s/G502
Keyboard	Logitech K740
Software	Linux Mint 20
Benchmark Scores	Network: APs: Cisco Meraki MR32, Ubiquiti Unifi AP-AC-LR and Lite Router/Sw:Meraki MX64 MS220-8P

System Name	Not so complete or overkill - There are others!! Just no room to put! :D
Processor	Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
Motherboard	Asus Zenith 2 Extreme Alpha
Cooling	Lots!! Dual GTX 560 rads with D5 pumps for each rad. One rad for each component
Memory	Viper Steel 4 x 16GB DDR4 3600MHz not sure on the timings... Probably still at 2667!! :(
Video Card(s)	Asus Strix 3090 with front and rear active full cover water blocks
Storage	I'm bound to forget something here - 250GB OS, 2 x 1TB NVME, 2 x 1TB SSD, 4TB SSD, 2 x 8TB HD etc...
Display(s)	3 x Dell 27" S2721DGFA @ 7680 x 1440P @ 144Hz or 165Hz - working on it!!
Case	The big Thermaltake that looks like a Case Mods
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA 1600W T2
Mouse	Corsair thingy
Keyboard	Razer something or other....
VR HMD	No headset yet
Software	Windows 11 OS... Not a fan!!
Benchmark Scores	I've actually never benched it!! Too busy with WCG and FAH and not gaming! :( :( Not OC'd it!! :(

System Name	Juliette // HTPC
Processor	Intel i7 9700K // AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
Motherboard	ASUS Prime Z390X-A // ASRock B550 ITX-AC
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12 Black // Stock
Memory	Corsair DDR4 3600 32gb //G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3600
Video Card(s)	ASUS RTX4070 OC// GTX 1650
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO NVMe 1Tb, Intel 665p Series M.2 2280 1TB // Samsung 1Tb SSD
Display(s)	ASUS VP348QGL 34" Quad HD 3440 x 1440 // 55" LG 4K SK8000 Series
Case	Seasonic SYNCRO Q7// Silverstone Granada GD05
Audio Device(s)	Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 // HDMI to Samsung HW-R650 sound bar
Power Supply	Seasonic SYNCRO 750 W // CORSAIR Vengeance 650M
Mouse	Cooler Master MM710 53G
Keyboard	Logitech 920-009300 G512 SE
Software	Windows 10 Pro // Windows 10 Pro

System Name	FATTYDOVE-R-SPEC
Processor	Intel i9 10980XE
Motherboard	EVGA X299 Dark
Cooling	Water (1x 240mm, 1x 280mm, 1x 420mm + 2x Mo-Ra 360 external radiator)
Memory	64GB DDR4
Video Card(s)	RTX 2080 Super / RTX 3090
Storage	Crucial MX500
Display(s)	24", 1440p, freesync, 144hz
Case	Open Benchtable (OBT)
Audio Device(s)	beyerdynamic MMX 300
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova T2 1600W
Mouse	OG steelseries Sensei
Keyboard	steelseries 6Gv2
Software	Windows 10

System Name	Lynni PS \ Lenowo TwinkPad T480
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Raphael \ i7-8550U Kaby Lake-R
Motherboard	ASRock B650M PG Riptide Bios v. 2.02 AMD AGESA 1.1.0.0 \ Lenowo 20L60036MX Bios 1.47
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 Chromax.Black (Only middle fan) \ Lenowo WN-2
Memory	G.Skill Flare X5 2x16GB DDR5 6000MHZ CL36-36-36-96 AMD EXPO \ Willk Elektronik 2x16GB 2666MHZ CL17
Video Card(s)	Asus GeForce RTX™ 4070 Dual OC GPU: 2325-2355 MEM: 1462\| Nvidia GeForce MX™ 150 2GB GDDR5 Micron
Storage	Gigabyte M30 1TB\|Sabrent Rocket 2TB\| HDD: 10TB\|1TB \ SKHynix 256GB 2242 3x2 \| WD SN700 1TB
Display(s)	LG UltraGear 27GP850-B 1440p@165Hz \| LG 48CX OLED 4K HDR \| AUO 14" 1440p IPS
Case	Asus Prime AP201 White Mesh \| Lenowo T480 chassis
Audio Device(s)	Steelseries Arctis Pro Wireless
Power Supply	Be Quiet! Pure Power 12 M 750W Goldie \| 65W
Mouse	Logitech G305 Lightspeedy Wireless \| Lenowo TouchPad & Logitech G305
Keyboard	Akko 3108 DS Horizon V2 Cream Yellow \| T480 UK Lumi
Software	Win11 Pro 23H2 UK
Benchmark Scores	3DMARK: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/89434432? GPU-Z: https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/details/v3zbr